Indus
/ˈɪn.dəs/noun
A major river of South Asia, and the region surrounding it.
Did you know?The name Indus comes through Greek and Latin from Old Persian Hinduš, ultimately tied to the Sanskrit name of the river Sindhu, which also gave the world the word 'India.'
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-Iranian
PII
*síndʰu-
“river, stream”
Vedic Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sindhu
“the Indus River; by extension, a great river or boundary”
Old Persian
Old Persian
Hinduš
“the land around the Indus River”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Indos
“the Indus River and the region beyond it”
Latin
Latin
Indus
“the Indus River”
Modern English
English
Indus
“the Indus River”